Utilizing oil-cloth waste



(Specimens.)-

. L. LANCE.

UTILIZING 011. CLOTH WASTE.

No. 354,711. Patented 1360.21, 1886.

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,NITnn STATES FFICE.

'PATENT UTILIZING o|L-ci..orH WASTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,711, dated December 21, 1886.

Applicati/n filed April S, 1886. Serial No. 198,225. (Specimens.)

ro manner which I will now proceed to describe,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, the figures of which represent different steps in the process of utilizing oil-cloth waste in accordance with my invention. I In the manufacture of oil-cloth of the fine gradesfsuch as that used for table-covers,

Ste-there is considerable waste caused by the.

trimming of the strip of .paintedfabric to the proper width, thesel waste strips varying in width and being of the same length as the strip of oil-cloth-generally about thirty-six feet. Attempts have been heretofore made to utilize this waste by removing the paint therefrom and using the fabric in the manufacture i5 of paper, or for other purposes; but the'proitable utilization of the waste in this way has been found to be impracticable, and the waste is now generally destroyed by burning or otherwise,'in order to get it out of the way. 3o My invention consists in utilizing the waste for the manufacture ofcarpet, and for this purpose I take the waste strips-such, for instance, as represented in Figure l-and if they are of too great a width for the desired purpose cut from them pieces of suitable width, as shown in Fig. 2, these pieces, if necessary, being sewed together at the ends, so as to form a strip of considerable length, which is then, by preference, twisted, as shown in Fig. 3, by suitable machinery and Wound into the form of a cop, .for insertion into a shuttle, from which it is delivered in the same manner as the usual tilling in t-he weaving of the carpet, the weave being of the simplest character, such as that 45 used in making ordinary rag carpet. (See Fig. 4.)

The strips need not necessarily be twisted before being used as filling, but the twisting of the strips is preferred, as it causes the painted surface of the oil-cloth to be exposed on all sides, so that when the carpet is woven it will present a painted surface on both sides.

As the filling is bound down at frequent intervals by means of the warp-threads, any tendency of the paint to peel or scale off is prevented, and the surface of the carpet is not impaired by any hard usage or wear to-Which it is subjected. Owing kto the smooth surface presented, moreover, dirt Will not adhere to the carpet as it would to an ordinary rag carpet, but can be readily removed by sweeping, and when the carpet becomes soiled it can be readily cleaned by washing it with soap and water.

I claim as my inventionl. The mode herein described of utilizing oil-cloth waste, said mode consisting in cutting the waste into strips and employing said strips as weft or filling threads in the production of a carpet, all substantially as specified. 7c

2. The mode herein described of utilizing oil-cloth waste, said mode consisting in forming strips of the waste, twisting the strips so as to bring the painted face outward, and employing said twisted strips as weft oriilling' 75 threads in the weaving of a carpet, all sub stantially as specified. v

3. A carpet composed of warp-threads, combined with weft or filling threads consisting of strips of oil-cloth, all substantially as specified. 8o

4. A carpet in which warp-threads are combined with weft or lling threads, consisting of strips of oilcloth twisted so as to bring the painted face outward, all substantially as specified. l

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

' WILLIAM L. LANCE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM F. Davis, HARRY SMITH. 

